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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Offences - Infringement offences

163: Payment of infringement fees

You could also call this:

"Paying a fine for breaking animal welfare rules"

If you get an infringement fee, you have to pay it to the Director-General. The Director-General must put all the infringement fees they get into a Crown Bank Account. You pay the fee to the Director-General and they take care of putting it into the account.

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Part 8Offences
Infringement offences

163Payment of infringement fees

  1. All infringement fees are payable to the Director-General, and the Director-General must pay all infringement fees received into a Crown Bank Account.